| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Method | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 2. Literature Review of News Headline Studies | 第13-19页 |
| ·Study of Newspaper Headlines Abroad | 第13-15页 |
| ·Study of Newspaper Headlines at Home | 第15-19页 |
| 3. Theoretical Framework----Relevance Theory | 第19-29页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19-20页 |
| ·Definition of Relevance Theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第21-23页 |
| ·Contextual Effects and Processing Effort | 第23-24页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第24-26页 |
| ·Cognitive Context | 第26-29页 |
| 4. Analysis of News Headlines’ Generation and Comprehension | 第29-53页 |
| ·Analysis of the Stylistic Features and Functions of News Headlines | 第29-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第29页 |
| ·Features of News Headlines from the Data | 第29-39页 |
| ·Functions of News Headlines from the Data | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| ·Analysis of the Mechanism of News Headlines’ Generation | 第41-47页 |
| ·Writers’Intention in News Headlines’ Generation | 第41-43页 |
| ·Presupposition Process of News Headlines | 第43-46页 |
| ·Ostension Process of News Headlines | 第46-47页 |
| ·Analysis of the Mechanism of News Headlines’ Comprehension | 第47-53页 |
| ·Comprehension Process from the Ostension to the Readers’ Presupposition | 第47-51页 |
| ·Comprehension Process from the Readers’ Presupposition to Cognitive Assumption | 第51页 |
| ·Comprehension Process from the Cognitive Assumption to the Final Comprehension | 第51-53页 |
| 5. Conclusions | 第53-55页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第53页 |
| ·Limitations | 第53-54页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第54-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
| Appendix | 第59-84页 |
